june something day 16

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Day 16: Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?

People I follow on Tumblr are into many fandoms that I don't know, so I do sometimes see what is going on out of curiosity. For a while, it was The Flash, because I wanted to see how they were going to treat Iris/Westallen (I thought they looked cute in the trailer but didn't trust the CW after Arrow and Supergirl). Last year, after that whole love confession went around, I have to admit I was halfheartedly curious about where Supernatural was going to go in their final episodes, but I hadn't paid attention to it before that and only knew the bare details.

Sometimes, I check in on Riverdale. I don't have any interest in watching the show but as someone who used to read the Archie comics growing up and have a couple people I know online that do watch, I am interested in what direction they're going to finally go in.

Yes, I am the type of person who is always tempted to skip to the end to see what happens in everything. :D

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I saw a comment on Reddit about Michael Rosenbaum getting so fed up of Smallville, he'd tell 'F*** you' at the camera between takes. Grain of salt, etc, but I can picture him doing that, lol. I think some actors just have that one role that defines them and Lex Luthor was it for him. I can't even imagine him in anything else. I'm betting he got offers for serious roles but went down the comedy route and it just petered out once the novelty of him being LL wore off. I think Tom Welling has the same issue. It's hard to picture him as someone else.

I guess they could cover the missing years, but I feel like Crisis has ruined the chances a little. Personally, I don't consider it to be canon, but a lot of people do. WB is going through a merger as well now, and apparently they're looking to dump DC. So...I don't know where Smallville even fits in with that.

Five SPN spin-offs? LOL. Oh dear. Well, he'll be in for a rude awakening once the money dries up and his production company is 0 for 5. Lol a Trump adviser was involved? I checked out after that first week and didn't keep up. Last I heard, the Jensen fans are still working triple time to defend him.

It is tough, but I feel like these big fandoms are almost a giant gaslighting experience. Behaviour that is not normal is glamourised and then you're bthe bad guys for calling it out. That used to annoy me and I was constantly getting into arguments, lol. I'm much calmer these days, but I was always pretty opinionated and good at calling stuff out. Unfortunately, in a fandom like that you need to have tough skin. After a while I had to take a step back for the sake of my sanity and I created the blog to vent, and eventually for like minded people to come and hang. I've had people say it helped them out when it comes to seeing what's going on and detaching themselves which is always cool.

I remember getting a vibe from Jared in the height of my obsession with him. Not a bad vibe, but rather that he wasn't very genuine and had a tendency to just say the same things that lacked substance (always a red flag). Turns out he's probably been an asshole the entire time, lol. I was disappointed but not surprised. I mostly liked him for his hair anyway. :D What did it for me was his charity work that came right after he called Philip Seymour-Hoffman's death stupid and senseless. How people didn't see through that will always be a mystery to me. To me he made a mockery of mental health and depression and lined his pockets in the process.

Ugh. Some of these Allison Mack supporters are very weird and... disturbed. In what way is she a fallen hero? Yikes. She is not Chloe Sullivan, and like it or not she did horrible things. All of the stuff like that article and people bending over backwards to call her a victim (while ignoring that she was also a perpetrator) are just deluding themselves. I get it, sometimes it's distressing when your faves end up in trouble, but tact is always key.

That three year sentence was not surprising but way too low, IMO. Did you read her apology? I wasn't convinced, but hopefully she has seen the light. I still wonder about how involved KK was. Even though she wasn't a DOS member, some of the stuff she did seems questionable...

Life would be easier if we got rid of celebrity culture altogether!

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Oh, wow, yeah, he definitely seems like the type. And true! I can see him being typecast. I do think he prefers comedy, considering his choices pre SV and he did try something that didn't take off, but like you said, it wore off soon. I can't imagine him as anything but Lex either. Justin Hartley just struck gold with This Is Us because he wasn't haven't long term success either until that one. Not that he isn't talented- he is good at playing characters I want to immediately send to therapy lol

I think people who loved Smallville would easily forego the Crisis scene for nostalgia sake- I can't really imagine it being a dealbreaker. Give it enough time and people might not even remember it happened. Did not know that about WB and DC. I too wonder how it will play out.

Yeah, I can't imagine there being enough of a fanbase for 5 shows. And yeah, I saw it because the memes are easier to follow on Tumblr. I am not surprised they're still defending him- fans are dedicated, and I don't mean that in a complimentary way. And I guess we will see how being on The Boys helps or affects his career.

Oh they can definitely be toxic, especially when some fandom theories become so popular that it is considered "canon" and people are vilified for not falling in line. And I get what you mean by how draining it can be to constantly fight. It is healthier in the long term to find your own place and attract like minded people, because you are rarely alone in your opinions. There are always people, especially in a big fandom, who feel marginalized and shut out for many reasons.

Sometimes you do pick a vibe. Oh well, maybe that makes it slightly easier to detach? There are people who worship everything about these stars and that is tougher. When you are blinded by that kind of devotion, it really can make it hard to see through the real personality or justify their actions. Look at Trump! Jared is a whole different matter, but if that man can still have people devoted to him, anyone can.

There was definitely a lack of distinction between Chloe Sullivan and Allison Mack, at least by the more hardcore fans. I remember when they had some sort of "feminism/pro women" site/comm back in the day and they propped up AM. I think AM had some blog where it seemed like she used to practically think of herself as Chloe. It's just a mess. IDK how people can think she is a victim when it was her initials that was part of the brand they were putting on these poor women.

I didn't read it. I read statements she has made in the past and I just don't buy it. How they let her take classes while she was under house arrest is unbelievable. I know KK was involved early but she seemed to have left before all this went down but not sure how much she knew. Guess we never will unless she comes clean.

Oh, agreed. As long as it is financially beneficial for those involved (sports/music/other entertainment), it will be encouraged on some level.